f42424 cc18680	Kent v Yorkshire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1996
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th May 1996 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 8 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Yorkshire 11 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Clarkson, R Palmer
Scorers	JC Foley (Kent), SGJ Potter (Yorkshire)
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 261/5 (Blakey 32*, Morris 13*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (1) 320/7 (Blakey 56*, Wharf 16*)
Close of play day 3	Yorkshire (2) 29/1 (McGrath 19*, Byas 8*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A McGrath	c Hooper b Preston	40	54	68	6	-
MP Vaughan	c Hooper b McCague	24	75	90	3	-
*D Byas	c Marsh b Preston	44	148	174	4	-
MG Bevan	c Llong b Preston	80	102	122	11	-
C White	c Hooper b McCague	13	51	58	1	-
+RJ Blakey	not out	60
AC Morris	c Fulton b Patel	27	66	67	3	-
PJ Hartley	b Preston	5	7	9	1	-
AG Wharf	b McCague	41	47		4	-
CEW Silverwood	not out	0	3	1	-	-
RD Stemp	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 113.1 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-60 (McGrath), 2-68 (Vaughan), 3-196 (Bevan), 4-211 (Byas), 5-217 (White), 6-284 (Morris), 7-295 (Hartley), 8-349 (Wharf)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCague	33	7	97	3	-	-
Thompson	15	4	66	0	-	2
Preston	25	5	68	4	-	3
Fleming	11	3	30	0	1	-
Patel	29.1	7	84	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Fulton	lbw b Silverwood	34	74	98	7	-
MV Fleming	c Morris b Hartley	17	28	43	3	-
TR Ward	b White	161	222	241	28	-
CL Hooper	c Byas b Silverwood	0	2	2	-	-
GR Cowdrey	c Byas b Stemp	7	43	52	1	-
NJ Llong	c Byas b Morris	10	20	28	1	-
*+SA Marsh	b White	4	20	22	-	-
JBD Thompson	b White	28	64	89	2	-
MJ McCague	c Hartley b Stemp	4	4	4	1	-
MM Patel	c Morris b White	0	2	1	-	-
NW Preston	not out	4	8	6	1	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 22 nb)	30
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Fleming), 2-86 (Fulton), 3-86 (Hooper), 4-136 (Cowdrey), 5-177 (Llong), 6-188 (Marsh), 7-283 (Ward), 8-290 (McCague), 9-290 (Patel), 10-299 (Thompson, 79.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hartley	14	5	46	1	-	-
Silverwood	17	3	85	2	-	3
White	12.2	3	42	4	-	7
Wharf	13	4	45	0	-	1
Stemp	15	5	50	2	-	-
Morris	8	2	23	1	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A McGrath	c Marsh b Ward	101	281	284	15	-
MP Vaughan	c Fleming b McCague	1	12	16	-	-
*D Byas	b Fleming	79	198	197	9	-
MG Bevan	not out	15	110	91	-	-
C White	c Fleming b Ward	7	20	16	1	-
+RJ Blakey	not out	0	10	7	-	-
AC Morris	did not bat
PJ Hartley	did not bat
AG Wharf	did not bat
CEW Silverwood	did not bat
RD Stemp	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	20
Total	(4 wickets, 105 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Vaughan), 2-174 (Byas), 3-209 (McGrath), 4-221 (White)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCague	10	2	43	1	-	-
Thompson	9	3	33	0	-	-
Patel	30	15	28	0	-	-
Hooper	13	7	22	0	-	-
Cowdrey	8	3	23	0	-	-
Fulton	3	1	9	0	-	-
Preston	5	0	11	0	-	-
Fleming	3	0	12	1	-	1
Llong	12	8	9	0	-	-
Ward	6	3	10	2	-	-
Marsh	6	4	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RJ Blakey (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> A McGrath (2) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> A McGrath (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> NW Preston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed A McGrath in the Yorkshire first innings (previous best was 0-7)
--> NW Preston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed A McGrath in the Yorkshire first innings (previous best was 0-7)

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